Matt Hodgkinson
mattjhodgkinson@scicomm.xyz
<p>Head of Editorial at DOAJ (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@DOAJ" class="u-url mention">@<span>DOAJ</span></a></span>); Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE; <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/C0PE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>C0PE</span></a>) member; runner 🏃. All opinions my own. Previously: <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> journals at Hindawi, PLOS, BMC; <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ResearchIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ResearchIntegrity</span></a> Manager at UKRIO; COPE council; European Association of Science Editors (EASE) Treasurer. 💍 to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@SimoneChalkley" class="u-url mention">
Posts
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Post #1262412
Big move by the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation to stop paying Article Processing Charges (APCs) to make journal articles open access (OA) at the start of next year. Instead, they will mandate preprints &amp; encourage preprint reviews. APCs made the transition to OA possible, but the tide is turning against this business model. https://gatesfoundationoa.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/24810787662100-Policy-Refresh-2025-Overview HT @johannes_lehmann #OpenAccess #GatesFoundation #Rese...
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Post #727948
Awful censorship of a school library in Greater Manchester. Not only are they misguidedly &quot;protecting&quot; teens from Twilight and the Da Vinci Code (alongside many more serious books), they&#39;re hounding their librarian with a disciplinary investigation. https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/school-book-banning-escalates-in-the-uk-as-greater-manchester-secondary-school-censors-scores-of-books/ #Censorship #Libraries #UKschools
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Post #636334
There&#39;s a silver-lining to falling for corporate bullshit. You may not be the sharpest tool in the shed or any good at your job, but at least you&#39;ll worship your boss and enjoy your work. &quot;Workers who were more susceptible to corporate BS rated their supervisors as more charismatic and “visionary,” but also displayed lower scores on a portion of the study that tested analytic thinking, cognitive reflection and fluid intelligence. Those more receptive to corporate BS als...